Bone-pocket.



PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

S.KOPS. BONE POCKET. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1906.

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UNITE El STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed October 16,1906. Serial No. 339,150.

To all whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KoPs, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Bone-Pockets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Pockets for securing bones to corsets are usually made as parts of thecorset by sewing strips of fabric to the under or back surface of thefabric body into which the bones are slipped, and one or both ends arethen sewed down to place. Bones for corsets and waists have been incasedin suitable material to prevent the same rusting and prior to placingthe same in ordinary bone-pockets.

The device of my invention is adapted for sale to be attached to acorset or waist or to be attached directly to a corset in themanufacture thereof, and the construction is of such nature that aparticular manner of connecting the same to the corset or waist has tobe followed or carried out and which in the performance thereof impartscertain functions or characteristics to the bone-pockets and bones inrelation to the article to which the same are connected.

In carrying out my invention each bonepoc :et is made alike and is to besecured alike and contains two parallel bones. I employ a strip offabric materially longer than the bones and more than twice as wide asthe over-all width of the two bones when spaced apart the desireddistance, so that when folded over the respective edges appreciablyoverlap. I employ a liningstrip of fabric within the aforesaid foldedfabric of a width agreeing with the over-all width of the spacedapartbones.

In making up the bone-pocket the two bones are laid in the firstfoldable strip upon the lining-strip and the edges are folded over andoverlapped, and a line of sewing is made between the bones through theoverlapped edges, the lining-strip and the first aforesaid strip, thesame being sufficient to hold the parts together. The respective endsare then folded over entire beyond the ends of the bones and toward thesurface having the folded edges. The pocket is then in condition forsale and use or to be at once attached to a corset or waist in thecourse of the manufacture of the same.

In attaching this bone-pocket to a corset or waist the surface havingthe overlapped edges and overturned ends is laid down upon I the backface of a corset or waist and is secured thereto by at least twoparallel lines of sewing lengthwise of the pocket along the res ectiveedges and outside of the bones an preferably also by a central line ofsewing between the bones. These sewed lines extend from end to end ofthe bone-pockets through the overturned ends, and it will be observedthat these overturned ends come between the bones and the corset orwaist to prevent the bones wearing or pushing through outward and alsothat the two I thicknesses back of the bones perform the same functioninward, and in this construction and after attachment of the device to acorset or waist there are at least two thicknesses of fabric at eachside of the bones.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the parts composing my invention,with the bones laid in place upon the lining-strip. Fig. 2 shows theedges as folded over with a line of sewing centrally between the bones.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but with the respective endsoverturned against the surface'where the edges of the strip of fabricoverlap. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa cross-section at the dotted line a; x of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is across-section at the dotted line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is across-section at the dotted line 2 z of Fig. 3. bone-pockets upon theunder surface of the corset or waist, and Fig. 9 is a cross-section atthe dotted line 00 0c of Fig. 8.

a represents a main foldable strip of fabric, which is materially longerthan the bones and is more than twice as wide as the over-all width ofthe two bones when spaced apart the desired distance. This strip is tobe folded over along its respective edges 2 3, so that these edgesappreciably overlap over the space intervening between the bones. 1)represents a lining-strip of fabric substantially as long as the strip aand of a width substantially agreeing or slightly greater than theover-all width of the spaced-apart bones, the edge of this fabricindicating the line of fold upon which the sides or edges of the fabricstrip a are to be folded, and c (2 represent the bones spaced apart andlying upon the strip 5. These bones are considerably shorter than thestrips of fabric a Z), so that their respective ends leave an apprelciable margin of fabric at the respective ends 0 (1. These bones are tobe spaced apart and their outer edges also spaced apart from the Fig. 8is a broken elevation of the I outer edges of the fabric strip 7). Inassembling these parts the strip 1) is laid upon the strip a and thebones are laid upon the strip 1) in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Theedges of the strip a are then folded over at the respective edges of thestrip 1), and they over- I lap centrally upon the bones, and a line ofsewing 4 is run the complete length of the strips a I) through theoverlapped edges 2 3 of the fabric a between the bones, through thefabric b, and centrally through the fabric a, so as to bring the partsinto the position shown in Fig. 2. The parts are thus held together, andthe frictional grip of the fabric is generally sufficient to prevent thebones shifting within the pockets. The respective ends a a of thecombined strips a b are then folded over beyond the ends of the bones,the fold being toward the side of the overlapping edges of the strip a,and when this is done the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3',and the bone-pocket is then in condition for sale and application to acorset or waist, as the-user desires, or to be at once attached to acorset or waist in the course of manufacturing the same for sale.

In Figs. 8 and 9, e represents a part of the fabric of a corset body orwaist, and in the manner of attaching the completed bonepocket, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4, the surface illustrated in Fig. 3 is to be laid downupon the inner surface of the corset or waist and to be sewed thereto.

I have shown at 5 and 6 edge lines of sewing, which secure thebone-pocket to the fabric body of the corset or waist, passing throughthe folded edge of the fabric a, the edges of the fabric 5, and thefabric c, and I also prefer to employ a center line of sewing 7, whichpasses through the fabric a, through the fabric b, and overlapped edges2 3 of the fabric (1,, and through the fabric 6. These lines of sewing5, 6, and 7 also pass through the overfolded ends a a of the fabricstrips a I), so that the entire length of the bonepocket is secured tothe fabric a of the corset body or waist.

From the illustration and foregoing description it will be apparent thatin this manner of attaching the bone-pocket to the fabric-body of thecorses or waist, the smooth and continuously-even surface of thebonepocket. is presented to view and that the folded edges 2 3 of thefabric a and. the overturned ends a a are concealed from view betweenthe bone-pocket and the fabric 6. My improved bone-pocket attached inthis n1an ner not only presents a desirable finish and pleasing contour,but performs the function of providing abundant thicknesses of materialbetween the bones and the outside of the corset to prevent any rustshowing through and also at the respective ends of the bones and betweenthe same and the corset to prevent the ends of the bones in the wear ofthe corset wearing or working through and protruding, for it is awell-known fact that there i is a greater tendency of the ends of thebones to work through the ends of the pockets in a forward direction inuse than in a backward direction away from the inner surface of thecorset, and it will also be apparent that even in this direction thereis not only the material of the fabric strip a, but of the fabric stripZ), or, in other words, two thicknesses of material to prevent even thistendency of the bones to work through at the ends.

The bone-pocket of my invention is of simple construction, of markedstrength, and great durability, and when attached to the under surfaceof a corset or waist increases the life of the corset or waist bypreserving the fabric thereof from injury and from the protruding of theends of the bones.

I claim as my invention 1. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip offabric, a lining-strip of the same length as the foldable strip and inwidth appreciably greater than the width of the bone, a bone laidfiatwise on the lining-strip and of a length appreciably less than thelength of the foldable and lining strips, with the edges of the foldablestrip turned over and over lapping and. secured together and therespective ends of the foldable and lining strips at the ends of thebones overturned against the overlapped edges of the foldable strip andmeans for securing said overturned ends in place. a

2. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-strip,bones spaced apart and resting upon the lining-strip in the same plane,the edges of the foldable strip overlapped upon the bones and a line ofsewing connecting said parts and passing through the overlapped edges ofthe foldable strip through the lining-strip and substantially throughthe foldable strip.

3. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-stripof the same length and in width appreciably greater than the overallwidth of two spaced apart bones and both of said fabric strips ofgreater length than the length of the bones, two bones spaced apart andlying upon the liningstrip, the edges of the foldable strip folded overthe same and overlapping at the center and a line of sewing passingcentrally between the bones, through the overlapped edges, the liningfabric and substantially through the center of the foldable strip.

4. A bone-pocket comprising a foldable strip of fabric, a lining-stripof the same length and in width appreciably greater than the over-allwidth of two spaced-apart bones and both of said fabric strips ofgreater length than the length of the bones, two i bones spaced apartand lying upon the lin- "ing-strip, the edges of the foldable stripfolded over the same and overlapping at the cen ter, aline of sewingpassing centrally between Signed by me this 8th day of October, thebones, through the overlapped edges, the 1906 lining fabric andsubstantially through the center of the foldable strip and the respec- ISAL/IUEL KOPS' 5 tive ends of'the foldable and lining strips Witnesses:

overturned against the overlapped edges of ARTHUR H. SERRELL,

the foldable strip. E. ZAOHARIASEN.

